The lawyer leading a campaign to cancel the Olympics says he s fighting for these precious lives that will be lost if the Tokyo games go on INSIDER 2 hrs ago hbrueck@businessinsider.com (Hilary Brueck) © Team Utsunomiya Kenji The hospitals are overcrowded, we re completely overwhelmed, Utsunomiya told Insider. Team Utsunomiya Kenji
The delayed 2020 Summer Olympics are scheduled to be held in Japan this July and August.
More than 80% of Japanese people don t want them to take place, given the low rate of vaccinations and infections surging.
A lawyer has started a petition to cancel the games, and delivered it to the president of the games.
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